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Tobacco in Canada
by Tait, Lyal; The Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers' Marketing Board
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[Tillsonburg, Ontario?]: S.n., 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo (medium). Original pictorial jacket and orange cloth boards. Gilt device of tobacco leaf on front cover. xii, 560 p.p., [12] plates and numerous illustrations in-text. Signed by Lyal Tait on the title-page. The book was printed to commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of Canada's Confederation 1867-1967 and the Tenth Anniversary of Canada's Tobacco Auction System, 1957-1967. Compliments of George A. Demeyre, Chairman, laid-in paper slip. Provides a history of the tobacco leaf, tobacco in Ontario, Quebec and Maritimes, Agricultural Process, Marketing, Export and other information about the tobacco industry in Canada. Jacket somewhat soiled, faded. Wear and rubbing to covers, creasing and jacket corners. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine-ends. Some spotted stains to last two leaves. Otherwise interior clean, crisp. Bright. Near fine in a very good jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002085
- Title
- Tobacco in Canada
- Author
- Tait, Lyal; The Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers' Marketing Board
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- S.n.
- Place of Publication
- [Tillsonburg, Ontario?]
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Tobacco, Agriculture, Tobacco Leaf, Tobacco in Canada, Smoking, Canadiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Farming and Agriculture;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
Biblio member since 2018
Whitby, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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